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Personal papers and artwork of Algernon Newton

Catalogue reference: TGA 749

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This record is about the Personal papers and artwork of Algernon Newton dating from 1925-1967.

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Reference: TGA 749
Title: Personal papers and artwork of Algernon Newton
Date: 1925-1967
Description: This collection includes a quantity of personal papers and artwork of the artist Algernon Newton.
Note: This is a summary catalogue of the archive. For the full version please visit https://archive.tate.org.uk/advanced.aspx?this=CalmView.Catalog and search using the reference 'TGA 749*'. Parts of this archive have been digitised and is available to view online here: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/archive/tga-749/personal-papers-and-artwork-of-algernon-newton
Held by: Tate Gallery Archive
Creator(s): Newton, Algernon
Physical description: 1 box, 2 solander boxes
Administrative / biographical background: Algernon Newton (1880-1968) was born in London and studied at Clare College, Cambridge, then at Frank Calderon's School of Animal Painting, at the Slade and at the London School of Art. He exhibited at the RA from 1903 (becoming an ARA in 1936 and an RA in 1943). He was invalided out of the army in 1916. Newton's first solo show was at the Leicester Galleries in 1931. He worked in Cornwall and Yorkshire, however, he was best known for his topographical city scenes of London (often at twilight) in oils.
Record URL: https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/e76cd013-261a-462d-ab03-4fa2ab3d64a9/